Ralek Gracie vs. Sakuraba (Gracie Breakdown)

On May 29, 2010 Ralek Gracie defeated "The Gracie Hunter" Kazushi Sakuraba. In this Gracie Breakdown, his brothers, Ryron and Rener, analyze the fight plan that enabled Ralek to frustrate and demoralize the man who had previously defeated four members of the Gracie Family. The brothers also announce the winner of the free Women Empowered DVD collection, and they announce the next Gracie Giveaway!

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[fleetze]

Congratulations Gracies.. You took a 42 year old Saku to a decision. The only thing demoralizing here is how butthurt your whole family gets when you lose.

[sonnych69]

i understand you promote your style but be fair .. how you figure demoralized ? it should maybe backwards . it was a great fight with counters but ralek is 25 years old and saku is 41 saku maybe punch drunk got nothing to prove hes just enjoying himself at this point he beat 4 plus gjj guys in their prime all that said and done ralek didnt submit him so a younger stronger gracie armed with gjj couldnt submit a 41 year old catch wrestler theres alot said there you can censor this one too

[alexpapyz31]

Did Ralek really demoralize Saku? Did he do it the way Saku demoralized Royce, Renzo, Ryan, Royler and the list goes on. Lol... Any breakdowns on Saku beating the Gracies?

[alexpapyz31]

Sakurabab adopted the Grand Master philosophy. Hmmmmm... Let's see. Saku Is a product of Billy Robinson. Billy Robinson is an old school Catch Wrestler who is an incredible Master at submission.

[alexpapyz31]

Lol... Saku isn't in his prime anymore. Compare present Saku vs Saku 10 years ago. Also the Kimura is a double wrist lock that was taught to Kimura by Catch wrestlers. A lot of submission fighters do not know how to properly set up a double wrist lock and execute.

[rbrtdornel]

Muchachos está bien, Ralek (25 años) y Sakuraba (42 años); pero recuerden que cuando derrotó a Royce, este tenía 44 años. Rickson (sin dudas el mejor de todos los Gracie´s) ya tenía casi 50 años cuando apareció por vez primera Sakuraba. Así que "la venganza es un plato que se sirve frío".

[MrDasilva8383]

please he didnt even beat sakuraba you guys really are ignorant why dont you review king mo vs roger gracie the best bjj fighter from the gracies..bjj is overrated bruce lee said it to be a great fighter you must master all fighting styles..that is why gracies bjj sucks in mma stay in your dojo and just review fights!

[lsloewen2]

@lazyboy419 watch some of the old Saku fights with Gracie family members, what does he do? He waits and stalls and makes the Gracie's fight the fight HE WANTS. This is exactly the same strategy the Gracie's use. He knew GM Helio and was very respectful of him. Remember, their objective has always been to make a system of self defense, not make exciting MMA fights.

[lsloewen2]

@b7r7u7c7e Saku very much used the same "wait for the right moment" tactic against the family. The brothers point was for this match, he employed the normal MMA tactic of attack-attack while Ralek waited and weathered.

[lsloewen2]

@b7r7u7c7e the brothers never said anything about Saku being less skilled than Ralek or anything, Saku is one of the best fighters off all time, even at 40+ he is a force to contend with, but he didn't had the right strategy to beat Ralek, and that match was very much a strategic match, also it doesn't matter what art has been around longer, Saku fought tons of Gracie's and got very wise to their strategy, their fight philosophy, not the techniques is what makes GJJ unique and Saku very much us

[Garrikpz]

Catch wrestling been around longer the jujuitsi that is so Brazilian that is a Japanese ,no disrespect just facts.

[Garrikpz]

Can you guys breakdown the 1st fight between royce and sakuraba .